Keep Me in Mind (Miriam Makeba album)

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Keep Me in Mind
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Studio album by
Released1970
Genre World music, African music
Label Reprise, RS 6381
Producer Lewis Merenstein
Miriam Makeba chronology
Makeba!
(1968)
Keep Me in Mind
(1970)
A Promise
(1974)
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Keep Me in Mind is a 1970 album by Miriam Makeba.The album juxtaposes Makeba's own compositions, and one "Lumumba" by her daughter Bongi, with songs by Stephen Stills, Van Morrison, Lennon-McCartney and John Fogerty. [3] [4]

Track listing

  1. "Lumumba" (Bongi Makeba)
  2. "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills)
  3. "Brand New Day" (Van Morrison)
  4. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison)
  5. "Kulala" (Makeba)
  6. "In My Life" (Lennon-McCartney)
  7. "Down On The Corner" (John Fogerty)
  8. "Ibande" (Makeba)
  9. "Measure The Valleys" (Robert Brittan)
  10. "Tululu" (Makeba)

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. Billboard - Jun 6, 1970 - Page 23 MIRIAM MAKEBA— Keep Me in Mind Reprise, RS 6381
  4. The Gramophone 1970- Volume 48 - Page 489 "Miriam Makeba is the wife of Black Power apostle Stokely Carmichael, and the beliefs and attitudes of the movement inevitably and understandably colour her singing in "Keep Me In Mind" (Reprise RSLP6381) with items such as Lumumba..."